Magnitude of the electric field?

2007-05-28 21:28:56  

Magnitude of the electric field? A solid metal sphere with radius 0.480 m carries a net charge of 0.280 nC.
Find the magnitude of the electric field at a point 0.105 m outside the surface of the sphere.
Take the permittivity of free space to be epsilon_0 = 8.85×10−12 C^2/(N*m^2)
The field is the same as if all the charge were a point charge situated at the center of the sphere (and there were no sphere present).

So r = 0.480 + .105 = 0.585 m

Use E= F/q

E=k Q/r^2 =(9 x 10^9)(0.280 x 10^-9C)/ (0.585 m)^2

E= (9 x 0.280) / (0.585^2) = 7.36357659

E= 7.36 N/C